Instructions:  Review your classmates response in their unique threads. Provide feedback on how each classmate just

Instructions:  Review your classmates response in their unique threads. Provide feedback on how each classmate justifies interviewing as an appropriate and feasible strategy.


Classmate response:   
  • What is the current version of your research question?

To what extent did public policies enacted by the Martelly administration fail to prevent the expansion of gang activity within Port-au-Prince and its suburban areas?

  • Reflect on the choice of interviewing as the data collection method for addressing your proposed study. Why might you choose interviewing over other qualitative data collection techniques (e.g., focus groups, observational data collection)?

Interviewing is a good choice that allows the researcher to spend time with people who have experienced the phenomenon of interest. It is also a good selection when the researcher has the intent to listen to detailed stories and experiences and is receptive to new or discrepant ideas (Class.content.laureate.net). This perfect description legitimates my selection of interviews for my data collection method.  I also designated this data collection method knowing that this method requires access to participants who are able and willing to share their thoughts (Class.content.laureate.net).

  • Consider the kinds of questions you would like to ask. Are they personal? Embarrassing? Might they put your participants at risk? Provide some examples of the kinds of questions you would like to ask.

I intend to interview people from different sectors who are involved, concerned, or are active observers. My focus would be on representatives of various sectors with interests in the phenomenon of studies. among others, I will target Human Rights Watcher, Feminist organizations, police officers, present or past public administrators, journalists (preferably director of media), a businessperson, and a University professor. The primary way to investigate a process is through the experience of the others (Seidman, 2012), the ones who are involved or active observers. This pool of participants might give me a variety of opinions for my study. Many of those people are public figures who have voiced thoughts or opinions on gang activities. That might mitigate the risk to which these participants might be exposed. The most at-risk participants in my pools are police officers, present or past public administrators. In any case, I will do my best to protect the identity of my sources.

The type of questions would not be personal or embarrassing. The participants are not gang members. They will share their knowledge on the topic. Follow-up questions should also be handled properly.  

  • Identify one or more possible ethical considerations given the types of questions you would like to ask. For example, if you are asking someone to reflect on his or her experience as a drug addict, perhaps that person will reveal stories about hurting loved ones or breaking the law. How might you handle this?

Patton (2015, p. 496-497) provided a list of ethical issues that I plan to follow as guidance to safeguard my sources. When interviewing a police officer, an ethical issue could be to reveal personal information about gang members or other police officers who could be involved in illicit activities. It would be unethical to ask journalists to reveal their sources. The Human Rights groups have a variety of information regarding gang activities. They publish regular reports on gang activities. The same caution regarding sources is appropriate for everyone but particularly for those representatives.

 

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Weible, C. M., & Sabatier, P. A. (2018). Theories of the policy process (4th ed.). Boulder, CO: Westview Press. 

OSullivan, E., Rassel, G. R.,  Berner, M., & Taliaferro, J. D. (2017). Research methods for public administrators (6th ed.). New York, NY: Routledge.

Rudestam, K. E., & Newton, R. R. (2015). Surviving your dissertation: A comprehensive guide to content and process (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. ISBN: 978-1-4522-6097-6

Shafritz, J. M., Ott, J. S., & Jang, Y. S. (2016). Classics of organization theory. (8th ed). Belmont, CA: Wadworth, Cengage Learning. ISBN:  978-1-285-87027-4

Bubolz, B. F. & Lee, S. (2019). Putting in Work: The Application of Identity Theory to Gang Violence and Commitment. International Security & Counter Terrorism Reference Center. Deviant Behavior. 40(6).

Mendez, M.J. (2019). The violence work of transnational gangs in Central America. Political Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. Third World Quarterly. 40(2).

Moritz, S. (2015).  A transformation from political to criminal violence? Politics, organised crime and the shifting functions of Haiti’s urban armed groups. Conflict, Security & Development. 15(2), 169196.

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